Dick, it would seem that you are using too much coax around the rotor.
The ideal set up on a simple tower/rotor installation is a 45 degree
departure from the vertical below the rotor and a 45 degree return to the
mast above it, while the rotor is at 180 degrees of rotation. The
rotation to zero or 360 then displays the coax wrapped 1/2 of the way
around the mast, with the two previous departures to 45 degrees reduced
to 5 to 10 degrees, more or less. There is nothing to snag, by chance,
wind, ice, or design this way, and at no time is the ideal bend radius(15
X OD) of the coax exceeded.
LMR400UF should work perfectly well, as will several other coaxes with
lower loss. The stiffness of the coax for whatever reason is not the
significant criteria - it is the stranded center conductor, making
rotation possible without harm to the coax when properly installed. How
it feels to you is not relevant -- the rotator doesn't know the
difference in one correct cable from the other.
73
Press Jones, N8UG
The Wireman, Inc., Landrum, SC 29356
use n8ug@juno.com or (864) 895-4195 for tech help
orders only use 800-727-WIRE(9473) or cqwire@juno.com
http://www.thewireman.com
On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 21:47:23 -0400 "\"Dick
Green\"."<dick.green@valley.net> writes:
>Hi, folks. I need some help again
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>73, Dick, WC1M
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